Sen. Cornyn apprehensive about $118 billion legislation on border security and foreign aid

The bill would give the federal government expulsion authority to deport migrants if a certain threshold of crossings is reached in a week. SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and fellow Republicans are concerned yet open to what’s entailed in a new bill drafted in Washington that aims to tackle border security while leveraging … Read more

UTSA graduate research assistant helps to enhance images from NASA’s space telescope

SAN ANTONIO – For months, a UTSA professor of astrophysics and his students have been analyzing images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and have made important discoveries, using a technique to enhance the image quality. A UTSA graduate research assistant, Mason Leist, is a U.S. Army veteran and recently led a study published in … Read more

Big rig filled with ‘condemned vegetables’ breaks open on I-35, causing major delays

The trailer being towed was carrying vegetables that had been condemned and quarantined by Homeland Security. SAN ANTONIO — A crash involving a big rig carrying “condemned vegetables” near I-35 and Space Center happened early Tuesday morning, causing major delays. Officials say a tractor-trailer struck a signal truck that was at the end of a … Read more

Great Clips, Kawasaki offering 15,000 free mullet haircuts ahead of this weekend’s big football game

Business in the front, party in the back. That’s the phrase used to describe a mullet haircut and it’s also the tagline for Kawasaki’s new RIDGE side x side vehicle. To celebrate Kawasaki’s Super Bowl commercial which celebrates the mullet, the vehicle company has partnered with Great Clips to give 15,000 fans a free mullet … Read more